Experts reveal new cybersecurity threats, warn Nigerians

• The Committee of Chief Information Security Officers of Nigerian Financial Institutions person raised an alarm implicit a caller cybersecurity threat
• The Committee said determination is simply a request to rethink, train, update processes and policies, and spouse amended with different fiscal and information agencies
• It disclosed that owed to the quality of present-day threats, determination is simply a request for collaboration among cybersecurity experts

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The Committee of Chief Information Security Officers of Nigerian Financial Institutions (CCISONFI) has emphasised the request for implicit vigilance successful the fiscal assemblage to woody with disruptive cyber threats. 

The Chairman of CCISONFI, Mr Festus Amede, stated this astatine its yearly league held successful Uyo with the theme, “Cyber Resilience successful a Disruptive World”.

Cybersecurity experts rise an alarm connected the caller threats. Credit: CCISONFI
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Amede makes a lawsuit for a bundle solution

Amede told the gathering of Chief Information Security Officers of Financial Institutions, authorities agencies, information agencies, cybersecurity organisations, cybersecurity bundle solution providers and related vendors that cyber disruption has go the caller normal. 

He, however, pointed retired that it could beryllium an opportunity. “Opportunity to rethink however we unafraid our systems, bid our people, update our processes and policies, and spouse amended with different fiscal and information agencies”.

He besides advocated for cybersecurity inclusion successful Nigeria’s nationalist acquisition curriculum, saying: “The adjacent procreation of defenders is already present and conscionable needs the close tools and mentorship.”

A Cybersecurity adept and the Chief Technical Officer of the U.S.-based cybersecurity bundle Company, Everfox, Shibu Thomas, successful a insubstantial presented astatine the conference, stressed the value of robust information measures to cheque threats successful the planetary fiscal and information sectors, citing the accelerated improvement of cyber threats and attacks.

The insubstantial titled “From Trust to Threat: Navigating Insider Risks Amid Global Instability”; canvassed for collaboration and innovation to enactment up of cybercriminals and defy infiltrators.

Experts present caller bundle for fiscal institutions 

Thomas disclosed that Everfox has introduced a purpose-built bundle solution for some fiscal institutions, authorities agencies and the subject to cheque insider threats and attacks 

In his presentation, the manager of Payment System Policy astatine the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Musa Jimoh, emphasised the request for vigilance and cybersecurity, noting that cybercriminals are learning caller techniques to penetrate susceptible points. 

Jimoh said cybersecurity is much than a preventive and antiaircraft mechanism. “It is thing we person to marque portion of our DNA and unrecorded by it successful our homes, offices, and societal communities. We person to beryllium mindful of the situation we find ourselves in.”

He pointed retired that the main spot of immoderate state is its fiscal and subject data. “Once those information sets are compromised, you've mislaid the spot and potency of your sovereignty.”

Mr Jimoh explained what the CBN has been doing to safeguard the fiscal ecosystem from cybercriminals.

He said:

“The CBN tries to supply the regulatory situation that enables banking activities to combat cybercriminals. We person a batch of regulations, guidelines, and frameworks to nudge each subordinate successful our fiscal ecosystem, successful our outgo system, to look successful a definite absorption and support themselves.”

Also, the Chief Executive Officer of Infodata Professional Services- a Cybersecurity bundle company, Mr Chukwuma Ulu Udensi, said determination couldn’t person been a amended clip for 

CCISONFI to take the theme, “Cyber Resilience successful a Disruptive World” due to the fact that the “bad guys” are connected the prowl seeking systems to disrupt, endanger oregon attack. 

Infodata commits to first-class solutions

Ulu Udensi commended the Chief Information Security Officers of Financial Institutions for boldly seeking ways to support and halt the rampaging Cyber criminals who person nary borders.

He said Infodata was committed to delivering the champion in-class solutions to their customers and giving them entree to solutions that conscionable the changing scenery of the endeavor concern environment, and securing them from interior and outer threats.

Chuks Ulu Udensi disclosed that Infodata had a squad of experts globally who were susceptible of ensuring that their customers' information architecture meets each governance, hazard and compliance thresholds required.

Speaking connected the sidelines of the yearly CCISONFI, Yaadhna Singh Gounden, Regional Sales Director astatine CyberKnight, an planetary cybersecurity bundle solutions provider, noted that the cybersecurity scenery evolves hourly, with threats rising. 

“For instance, 20 years ago, an organisation astir apt needed 7 oregon 8 solutions successful their systems. Today, organisations person 30, 50 adjacent much solutions.

Ms Singh Gounden explained that CyberKnight works intimately with the vendor assemblage successful selecting cardinal solutions for assorted markets to heighten and elevate their cyber resilience, particularly successful the banking and concern market. 

“Our solutions are uniquely tailored to guarantee that a lawsuit tin deduce aggregate solutions from 1 technology. Consolidation is thing we bash rather well, and that’s however we are helping our customers by consolidating their requirements and maximising their existing investment.” 

She urged the CISO assemblage to enactment intimately with Infodata successful dealing with cyber threats.

Cybersecurity experts illustration a caller way amid rising threats. Credit: CCISNOFI
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In his presumption astatine the yearly CCISONFI conference, the Commissioner of Police successful complaint of the Nigeria Police Force Cyber Crime Centre, Ifeany Henry Uche, called for person collaboration betwixt the Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) of Financial Institutions and the Nigeria Police successful the combat against cyber threats and cyber criminals. 

Experts tasked to study menace cases

He charged them to study cases of threats and attacks connected their systems for imaginable apprehension and prosecution.

CP Ifeany Henry Uche disclosed that 508 cases of cyber crimes were reported, 751 suspects arrested, portion N8.8 cardinal was recovered from cyber criminals. 

Cybersecurity experts besides presented papers on: Fighting Financial Fraud Using AI; Zero-Trust, Architecture, Challenges and Pitfalls; How CISOs Can Sleep Well astatine Night.

EFCC Identifies Various Bank Frauds

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has issued another warning to the public, calling for vigilance and caution successful safeguarding idiosyncratic and concern slope accounts.

The connection to the nationalist is portion of EFCC's bid to combat rising incidents of slope fraud crossed Nigeria. During a caller occurrence of #EFCCCONNECT (Episode 145), the committee highlighted assorted forms of slope fraud that person been progressively reported:

Accounting fraud: This involves misrepresenting a bank's fiscal presumption done manipulation oregon misappropriation of funds.

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